Father, daughter charged in brutal attack

KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Jackson County, Mo., prosecutors on Wednesday charged a father and his daughter with attacking the girl’s ex-boyfriend Tuesday at Ruskin High School, leaving the 18-year-old in critical condition.

Josiah S. Wright, 40, of Kansas City faces a first-degree assault charge, and his daughter, Jonay Wright, 17, is charged with domestic assault in the assault that happened Tuesday around 12:15 p.m. inside the high school in south Kansas City.

The victim, an 18-year-old senior, remained in critical condition with a possible brain bleed from the attack. When police arrived at the school, he was bleeding from the ear and had severe abrasions to his eye and swelling and bruises to his head.

Prosecutors allege that the father and daughter kicked and punched the victim in the head and body at the school. A witness told investigators that Josiah Wright stomped the victim in the head, while his daughter kicked him in his chest and groin area as well.

Wright told investigators that he arrived at the school and went into the student services area with his daughter to get a copy of her class schedule before eating lunch with her, according to court documents.

The father and daughter saw the girl’s ex-boyfriend seated inside the room. The two left but the girl immediately received a threatening text message and they rushed back into the room and confronted the victim.

“You threatened to kill my daughter. I’ll (expletive) you up,” Josiah Wright allegedly told the victim.

Josiah Wright pulled the victim off his chair by his hair, yanked him to the floor and stomped him twice in the head. The father and daughter kicked and punched the victim. Wright allegedly held others back to allow Jonay Wright to continue hitting the victim, court documents say.

Off-duty officers and school security broke up the fight, and the victim was taken to a hospital in critical condition. Josiah and Jonay Wright were arrested.